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1/29/2006 Christopher Kubasik: Thanks for a great game.
Hi Vincent, Just read DitV tonight. (I'll be playing it for the first time tomorrow.) I was startled and inspired by this passage in particular: "— As GM, you should…
In lumpley games
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Vaxalon, lumpley.

1/29/2006 FlameLover: [Myrkwell] Why people play
I have made a topic before here about a game (hesitate to use the word RPG now with it's loose definition) i'm working on and while I learned enough I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: FlameLover, dindenver, Matt.

1/29/2006 Nathan: The Land Beyond: first draft
Greets everyone, The Land Beyond is a roleplaying game about children and their fanciful dreams in the Dreamworld. Think Labyrinth, Neil Gaiman's A Game of You, Wizard of Oz, Mirrormask,…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Nathan, IagainstI.

1/28/2006 Iskander: D-I-Y UtB box
Hello, Joshua. I was happy to pick up UtB at Dreamation (and meet you there), but sad when I removed the shrinkwrap and the cards were loose. So I made…
In glyphpress
Participants: Iskander, Nathan P., Paka, nikola, urbanpagan, TonyLB, ocasta, Thunder_God.

1/28/2006 redivider: [Heads of State: rest & relaxation] first play test
Summary: the table was strewn with a week’s worth of the L.A. Times, a pop-psyche pyramid graced the white board, the players were engaged & entertained (I think) but left…
In Actual Play
Participants: redivider, Joshua BishopRoby, Christopher Kubasik.

1/28/2006 Anders: [The Shadow of Yesterday] Violence in the wilderness
Hello, Last night I played The Shadow of Yesterday for the first time and I thought I’d register to tell you about it. It was great fun. It was a…
In Actual Play
Participants: Anders, Clinton R. Nixon, pedyo, alejandro.

1/28/2006 Green: [Dramatikos] One game, several media
My game, Dramatikos, is entering the playtesting phase of development.  Although I designed it and imagined it as a tabletop game, one of my goals evolved to make it accessible…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Green, Ron Edwards, Andy Kitkowski.

1/28/2006 Anna B: [Madcap Tea] First Playtest
The general design topic is here So the playtest didn't go quite as well as hoped though everyone had fun. However I'm not sure where the people problems end and…
In Playtesting
Participants: Anna B, Graham Walmsley, Bill Masek, Sydney Freedberg.

1/28/2006 dindenver: [Legends of Lanasia]
Hi!   My game is called Legends of Lanasia. It is a 2d6 system that is easy to learn and play. 1.) What is your game about? Sword and Sorcery…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: dindenver, Ron Edwards, Troy_Costisick, IagainstI, Nathan, joepub.

1/28/2006 Matt Snyder: [Nine Worlds] Voice-over-Internet play (Skype)
Early this month I announced I would run a Nine Worlds game on Skype, a free and easy voice-over-Internet program. I had several interested people, and chose the first responders.…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt Snyder, Ron Edwards, Brand_Robins, pedyo, timopod, LordSmerf, coffeestain, Yokiboy, IMAGinES.

1/28/2006 Iskander: [Czege'n'Bake(r)] - Dogs chargen
The fourth season of the Gotham Gaming Guild starts next Friday, and I am running one of the games, which I've oh-so-wittily dubbed "Czege'n'Bake(r)". We will be dividing the seven…
In lumpley games
Participants: Iskander.

1/28/2006 drnuncheon: [AP] A slow start but they're interested in more.
I'm putting this here rather than the AP forum because I'm mostly "just sharin'" rather than looking for help or advice. Mel, John, and I have been gaming at our…
In Muse of Fire Games
Participants: drnuncheon, TonyLB.

1/28/2006 Paka: [1st Quest] Reality, Spirit and Corruption
I got together with three gamers to playtest 1st Quest, my young adult fantasy hack of The Shadow of Yesterday. Bret - a gamer I met online and we are…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paka, Bret Gillan, RobNJ.

1/28/2006 Absinthe: Thoughts on game mechanics
Greetings       I have recently taken up creating my own RPG in a middle age fantasy setting and I would like to share my mechanic system that I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Absinthe, dindenver, WhiteRat.

1/28/2006 CSBone: How do you reduce Sim/Gam prep?
I originally started this thread in Actual Play “HERE” but after 35 posts it had evolved so far from where I had started and good questions from everybody made me…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: CSBone, dindenver, Noon, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, Tommi Brander, Silmenume.

1/27/2006 timopod: open source desktop publishing software
Hey all I'm mostly a lurker here, but I actually have something worth a post. I saw a post about free software such as open office and such. I dunno…
In Publishing
Participants: timopod, MatrixGamer, jerry, Docbrown, Andrew Morris, talysman, Adam Biltcliffe, Bryan Hansel.

1/27/2006 Andrew Morris: [Unistat] Addressing Troy's Power 19
I looked at Troy's "Power 19" questions, and I thought I'd have a go at seeing how well they served my game Unistat. Even though Unistat is almost done, I…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: Andrew Morris, nikola, Troy_Costisick.

1/27/2006 Nathan P.: [Dreamation] Building a 10-Minute Demo [Long]
[b]So this was a learning experience[/b] Hanging out with Brennan and Alexander on Saturday. Alexander talks me into trying to run a 15-minute demo of Timestream (keeping in mind that…
In Actual Play
Participants: Nathan P., Iskander, TonyLB, Joshua BishopRoby, Noon.

1/27/2006 dunlaing: Raises that ought to be Stakes of their own...
What do you do in a situation where someone makes a Raise that really ought to be the Stakes of another conflict? Here's my example: Brother Azaria and Brother Caleb…
In lumpley games
Participants: dunlaing, Vaxalon, Brendan, lumpley, Wolfen, Supplanter, Gugliandalf.

1/27/2006 IagainstI: [LoRD] using my Mind
So my system has the following attributes (ranged 1-7): Body, Mind, and Spirit. Mechanically, I don't forsee them being used much in conflict resolution. I'm using them more as a…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: IagainstI, gains, dindenver, Andy Kitkowski, ffilz, Sempiternity.

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1/29/2006 Michael S. Miller: How I organize the Indie RPG Explosions
This is less a list of steps to follow, than a declaration of why you need to do the various little tasks. Maybe you’ll find a better way of meeting…
In Conventions
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Andrew Morris.

1/29/2006 James_Nostack: [& Sword] The Doom of Hanno Mad-Dog
After nine freaking months everything lined up properly to give Sorcerer & Sword a go.  It was a good time, slowed slightly due to the limitations of IRC as a…
In Actual Play
Participants: James_Nostack, Ron Edwards, Bob the Fighter.

1/29/2006 IagainstI: [LoRD] Defining my metaphysical influence
So, as I mentioned in another thread, the concept behind my d6-d6 mechanic is that the +d6 represents the metaphysical forces that are assist/encourage a character, and the -d6 represents…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: IagainstI, dindenver, Troy_Costisick, Joshua BishopRoby.

1/29/2006 Kami-no-Mark: [Falling Leaves] The Life of Akodo Akira
On Friday night, Tom came over and we decided to give Falling Leaves a go.  TheTris is a friend and ever since he’d explained the game to me, I kept…
In Actual Play
Participants: Kami-no-Mark, TheTris.

1/29/2006 Liminaut: Chien Noir (Film Noir with DitV)
The setting is Film Noir in Los Angeles, 1947.  There are some rules re-interpretations: FAITH --------------- The King of Life? Thought I saw him in a Mission Street soup kitchen.…
In lumpley games
Participants: Liminaut.

1/30/2006 WhiteRat: [Ends and Means] Steel Pit Fight Night (Playtest Prep, LONG)
This post is a bit of a brain dump. So much happened, and so much of it significant, that I'm not sure what one thing to focus on, other than…
In Playtesting
Participants: WhiteRat, Andrew Morris, Graham Walmsley.

1/30/2006 Nathan P.: [Carry] Revision 2 Complete. Readers, Artists & Playtesters Wanted.
I finished the latest revision of Carry, my soldiers-dealing-with-issues Vietnam game. You can download the zip file here. There's also this AP thread, which was very useful to me, and…
In Connections
Participants: Nathan P., joepub.

1/30/2006 CSBone: [Space Ranger] Two Systems, Examples in Play (LOOONG!!!)
I’m trying to wrap my brain around a ton of ideas and techniques for reducing GM prep time that I got from the thread HERE and HERE. Seems to me…
In Actual Play
Participants: CSBone, Precious Villain.

1/30/2006 Paul Czege: cover experiment
Have a look. What do you think? (Eero, your brother Jari did the covers for your translations of My Life with Master and Dust Devils, didn't he? I'd be very…
In Acts of Evil Playtest Board
Participants: Paul Czege, Calithena, Victor Gijsbers, Eero Tuovinen, chris_moore.

1/30/2006 Christopher Kubasik: [Dogs in the Vineyard] Our Dogs Set Forth
I start a new job in a few hours, so this will be quick. I believe others will nail down a larger chunk of the game. There were five of…
In Actual Play
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, dunlaing, Supplanter, HenryT, Joshua BishopRoby, Brand_Robins, lumpley, redivider, JonasB, Noon, IMAGinES, alejandro.

1/30/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation WGP] Two-Fisted President Balks!
A strange thing happened in one of the With Great Power… sessions I ran at Dreamation ’06. The game was scheduled to start at 2pm on Friday, but due to…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, Ron Edwards, Iskander, Kat Miller, Sydney Freedberg, Marhault, TheTris, Supplanter, Thor Olavsrud, abzu, Doug Ruff, Julian.

1/30/2006 Michael S. Miller: [Dreamation: PTA] Life on Mars
I originally posted this in my LiveJournal and Judd suggested I might post it here for discussion. PTA "Life on Mars" I haven't signed up for anything, but Judd's running…
In Actual Play
Participants: Michael S. Miller, RobNJ, Paka, Lisa Padol, John Harper.

1/30/2006 Kevin A. Ranson: How important is an interior page background?
Having recently completed the sourcebook for Kindling Moon, it was suggested to me that having minimal graphics (header or footer) on pages that were primarily text didn't look as professional…
In Publishing
Participants: Kevin A. Ranson, Matt Snyder, devilbunny, Sydney Freedberg, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, Justin D. Jacobson, KeithBVaughn, MatrixGamer, nikola, andrew_kenrick.

1/30/2006 ChristopherAshe: Printer Recomendations?
We're about to go to final print with 7/13: Cycle of Existence and I was personally wondering if anyone had experience with major casebound/hardback book manufacturers in the US and…
In Publishing
Participants: ChristopherAshe, Matt, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, Joshua BishopRoby, MatrixGamer.

1/30/2006 Green: [split from Dramatikos thread in Design forum] Intimacy in cyberspace?
I'm currently revising and refining Dramatikos.  During this phase, one of the issues that came up was how various media (tabletop, LARP, chat, play-by-post) can work for or against the…
In Playtesting
Participants: Green, Andy Kitkowski, Adam Dray, Ice Cream Emperor, Brand_Robins, Joshua BishopRoby.

1/30/2006 timopod: graphic format
i was looking over some desktop software and it suggested using a file format different then jpeg or gif for images. Tiff or even png. What is the prefer ed…
In Publishing
Participants: timopod, MatrixGamer, Joshua BishopRoby, jerry, nikola, Clay, Jeff_DUG, Troy_Costisick, Kevin A. Ranson.

1/30/2006 Peter Nordstrand: [Day of Dupes]Post-Chargen Question
[b][color=Maroon]Important: Jonas, Johan, and Kristoffer, this thread is not for you. Please go away.[/color][/b] Everyone else, please stay. I have some specific question this time. We've finished chargen for our…
In Adept Press
Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Lisa Padol, James_Nostack, Roger.

1/30/2006 signoftheserpent: noble houses
There are a few games (Game of Thrones and Fading Suns most notably IMO) featuring players who are part of a noble house or  feudal society. Assomeone writing a game…
In Indie Game Design
Participants: signoftheserpent, timopod, Joshua BishopRoby, Andrew Morris, dindenver, Ramidel, Jack Aidley, Sydney Freedberg, IagainstI, tygertyger, shlo.

1/30/2006 Matt-M-McElroy: [Obsidian: the Age of Judgement] Mask of Shadows
So, I ran Obsidian and I'm using a variant on the Killer adventure that is available for download on the Apophis Consortium site. I renamed the investigation company "Terminal Investigations"…
In Actual Play
Participants: Matt-M-McElroy, Andrew Morris, Ron Edwards, daemonchild.

1/31/2006 stefoid: reviewers of d30 system, please contact directly
Hi, anyone who did review the system I posted a link to recently, if you feel like giving/continuing feedback, please email me directly at stevenmathers@yahoo.com cheers
In Connections
Participants: stefoid.

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